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=== | ===Prepositions=== | ||
Prepositions are used to clarify an object's position or direction. Each noun case can take different prepositions but only some prepositions can be used with different cases. Dialectal variations are listed in the table after slashes, non-standard but also being frequently used. | |||
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|+ With genitive case | |||
! colspan=1| '''Preposition''' | |||
! colspan=1| '''Meaning''' | |||
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| prie || near, at | |||
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| da/do || till | |||
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| lig || up to (about time) | |||
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| sker/skerz || by, over | |||
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| pa/pu || after, past | |||
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| uz || behind | |||
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| ėz || beyond | |||
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| bez || without | |||
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| is || from | |||
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|+ With dative case | |||
! colspan=1| '''Preposition''' | |||
! colspan=1| '''Meaning''' | |||
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| kų || to | |||
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| pa || onto | |||
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|+ With accusative case | |||
! colspan=1| '''Preposition''' | |||
! colspan=1| '''Meaning''' | |||
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| abie/abe || about | |||
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| azu || for | |||
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|+ With instrumental case | |||
! colspan=1| '''Preposition''' | |||
! colspan=1| '''Meaning''' | |||
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| su/sų || with | |||
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| az(u) || after (motion) | |||
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| pad || under | |||
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| per || across, through, during | |||
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|+ With locative case | |||
! colspan=1| '''Preposition''' | |||
! colspan=1| '''Meaning''' | |||
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| į || in (often dropped) | |||
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| an(u) || on | |||
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| pad || under | |||
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===Conjunctions=== | |||
Conjunctions are used to link clauses in sentences and to establish their relation. | |||
* a, o, je - and | |||
* be - but | |||
* da, dakal - until | |||
* jė - if | |||
* kad - when | |||
* bu, ka - or/but | |||
* čy - or (also used to start a question) | |||
* li - because | |||
* partė - however | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
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